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Today 17:28
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi honored at Spanish festival
TEHRAN – Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi received an honorary award at the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival in the Spanish island on Friday as a significant figure of the history of the festival.
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Today 17:27
“Samak the Ayyar” published in English
TEHRAN – “Samak the Ayyar: A Tale of Ancient Persia”, one of the old Iranian stories, has been published in English.
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Today 17:26
Atlanta Film Festival picks five movies from Iran
TEHRAN – Five movies from Iranian filmmakers will be screened at the 45th edition of the Atlanta Film Festival, which will open in the U.S. city on April 22.
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Today 17:23
Saei steps down as Iran’s taekwondo technical director
TEHRAN – Hadi Saei stepped down from his role as technical director of Iran’s taekwondo national team.
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Today 17:23
South Korea PM visits Iran
TEHRAN—South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun arrived in Tehran on Sunday afternoon for talks with Iranian officials.
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Today 17:19
Martyrdom anniversary of Sayyad Shirazi marked
A ceremony was held on Thursday to commemorate the memory of Lt. Gen. Sayyad Shirazi who was martyred in front of his house in Tehran 22 years ago. The ceremony was arranged by the General Headquarters of the Army. Adbolrahim Musavi, the commander of the Army, attended the commemoration ceremony. Lt. Gen. Sayyad Shirazi was martyred by a senior MKO terrorist named Zohreh Qa’emi.
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Today 17:03
Iran, Kuwait to strengthen anti-narcotics co-op
TEHRAN – The Iranian anti-narcotics police chief Majid Karimi, and his Kuwaiti counterpart Mohammad Qabazard emphasized the need for enhanced cooperation to fight against drug trafficking.
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Today 17:02
Airborne imagery to study climate change in Hyrcanian forests
TEHRAN – The Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has carried out aerial surveys on Hyrcanian forests using technological advances to identify the effects of climate change, ILNA reported on Sunday.
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Today 17:01
$2.3m proposed to implement national document for the elderly
TEHRAN – A total of 100 billion rials (nearly $2.3 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been proposed to implement the national document for the elderly, Hesameddin Allameh, secretary of the national council for the elderly, said.
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Today 16:58
Lake Urmia’s surface increased by over 1500 km²
TEHRAN – Lake Urmia’s surface area has reached up to 2,917 square kilometers, indicating 1,582 square kilometers increase in comparison to 2013 when the Lake Urmia Restoration Program began.
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Today 16:35
Efficiency of Iran’s thermal power plants reaches new record high
TEHRAN - The efficiency of Iran’s thermal power plants has reached a new record high of 39 percent for the first time in the history of Iran’s electricity industry, IRIB reported on Sunday quoting the managing director of the country’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH).
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Today 15:38
By Mohammad Mazhari
GSA: Riyadh, Tel Aviv unhappy over possible transformation from ‘maximum pressure’ to ‘maximum diplo
TEHRAN - Chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA) says that both Saudis and Israelis in a “tacit partnership” are worried about a revitalization of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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Today 15:37
Iran claims three wrestling berths at Tokyo 2020 Asian qualifier
TEHRAN – Iranian wrestling freestylers secured three more berths at the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Almaty in Kazakhstan.
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Today 15:35
By Mohammad Mazhari
Minorities struggle racism in Europe as right-wing movements rise: scholar
TEHRAN - A London-based history professor says that today many people across the world face every day discrimination fuelled by the rise of right-wing movements.
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Today 14:46
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran records great annual performance in oil refining, distributing
While the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) was a difficult time for Iran’s oil sector, which is the country’s major source of income, some great performance was witnessed in terms of refining and distribution of oil and oil products.
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Today 14:31
TEDPIX falls 9,700 points on Sunday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 9,775 points to 1.23 million on Sunday.
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Today 14:24
Annual plan for tax income realized by 107%
TEHRAN - Iran managed to collect 1.92 quadrillion rials (about $45.7 billion) of tax revenues during the past Iranian calendar year of 1399 (ended on March 20), showing that the country’s annual tax income plan has come true by 107 percent, according to Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand.
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Today 14:20
450 idle industrial units revived in Gilan in a year
TEHRAN – As announced by the governor general of Gilan province, in the north of Iran, 450 idle industrial units were revived in the province in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).
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Today 13:53
Iran announces ‘incident’ at Natanz nuclear plant
TEHRAN – Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), announced on Sunday that an “incident” has occurred at the Natanz nuclear plant affecting the plant’s electrical grid.
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Today 13:44
Budget for supporting production of strategic crops up 82% this year
TEHRAN - Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry’s Planning and Budget Office has said the budget allocated for supporting the production of strategic agricultural products in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) has increased by about 82.3 percent.
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Today 12:49
By Mehrdad Pahlavani
An accessible passkey to the West Asia crisis
How the nuclear deal can create a new solution?
The circle of tensions in West Asia runs slow, and after a slow or modest pace, it can potentially plunge. Like a multi-pointer watch, West Asia has several cogwheels. As one of the cogwheels of conflict bounces, the rest will pursue. Alleviation of a single tension in the region doesn't help immune others, but the escalation of tension in West Asia needs to be defused, at least by quitting one of the cogwheels of pointers.
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Today 12:48
Sima Films to produce series on war hero General Ali Sayyad Shirazi
TEHRAN – Sima Films, a film production studio affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), announced on Sunday that it is producing a series on the war hero Ali Sayyad Shirazi.
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Today 11:51
Iran unveils dozens of nuclear achievements on Nuclear Day
We fought for this for 43 years
TEHRAN – Iran has announced 133 nuclear achievements and a series of nuclear measures in what amounted to a new leap in Iran’s march toward achieving advanced, peaceful nuclear technology.
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Today 11:45
Value of trades at IME rises 109% in a week
TEHRAN- The worth of trades at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) increased 109 percent during the past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday).
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Today 11:00
Incident happens in part of the Natanz electricity network: nuclear spokesman
TEHRAN – The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Sunday that an accident has happened in part of the electricity network of the Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan province.
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Today 01:01
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Yesterday 22:26
Iran’s Foolad join AFC Champions League group stage
TEHRAN – Iranian football club Foolad defeated the UAE’s Al Ain 4-0 and qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage.
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Yesterday 21:30
Restoration to begin on ancient castle in western Iran
TEHRAN – The ancient castle of Hassan-Abad in the western province of Kordestan is scheduled to be revived and restored in near future, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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Yesterday 21:00
New items added to intangible cultural heritage list
TEHRAN – A total of 12 new items from the northwestern Zanjan province have been registered on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list, CHTN reported.
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Yesterday 20:30
10,000 sq meters of traditional cloth handcrafted in Iranian village monthly
TEHRAN – Weavers in the northeastern Iranian village of Rueen produce some 10,000 square meters of traditional cloth within a month. The village is famed as a hub of traditional textile in the country.